Ten driverless robotaxis, operated by General Motors’ self-driving car subsidiary ‘Cruise’ became stopped in traffic at a busy intersection in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. The robotaxis blocked two narrow streets, causing significant congestion. Traffic delays only lasted about 20 minutes.
San Francisco's North Beach streets clogged as long line of Cruise robotaxis come to a standstill https://t.co/FivTT5JZap via @YahooFinance
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A video showed nearly a dozen robotaxis stopping in the middle of the street in North Beach trying to maneuver out of tight spots.
Cruise said that it was suffering from wireless connectivity issues, which caused delays to cars.🎥Gregster56 pic.twitter.com/X3sjFVxqcE
— The Page of San Francisco (@ThePageOfSF) August 13, 2023
Why do state commissioners think it’s OK to put people in danger + create traffic chaos on our neighborhoods streets? We warned them + they refused to listen.
SF was not wrong. Thanks to rational minds @LondonBreed @jeffreytumlin @SFMTA_Muni @SFCityAttorney for uniting for SF. pic.twitter.com/YCKrI09nhw
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